Check to Check
Saturday, August 30th, 2008Not too long ago I stated that I would no longer be living check to check come September. I guess it depends on how you define the month. Is it from the first pay check of the month? Is it from the first of the month?
I have decided that it should be from the first of the month. While, in my view, I have fallen short of this, I will make some preparations this week to make sure I can take full advantage of my pay check on Friday. I know some of this is going to be really hard, but if I don’t do it myself, it might just happen anyway.
- I am not purchasing a monthly Metrocard until payday. I think I only need a $4-6 (2-3 rides) card to get through the week
- I am limiting the amount of money I spend on meals at work to $50 per week, even if this means I have to skip a meal or two
- I am going grocery shopping this weekend and I am going to try to get as much stuff as I can carry to work so that I am not spending $10-20 a night on food
Today
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008To sum it all up, I had a bad day at work. I mean, some really little shit was bothering me in really deeply. Nibbling, gnawing and finally eating away at me…
I suppose I am just having one of those days. Everyone has a bad day here and there. Today just happened to be mine. I suppose, I knew that today wasn’t going to be a particularly memorable day when I woke up the first time. As it was time to get up for work, after my nap, I was telling a “chat companion” via instant messenger that I didn’t want to get up, I didn’t want to do anything. I really didn’t.
I started thinking about my friends and their problems, I was talking to a couple through text and another over the phone and got a call from yet another who wanted to tell me about a falling out she had with some guy I didn’t even know existed until tonight. I probably should have, but we don’t talk nearly as much as we should.
